2012届高考英语二轮专题复习 阅读理解（三十九）.doc

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1、2012届高考英语二轮专题精品复习资料阅读理解（三十九）1LONDON(Reuters)—Quietplease—Britain’sQueenElizabethispreparingtohaveherswanscounted.BuckinghamPalacehasannouncedthattheannualSwanUpping,atraditiondatingbacktothe12thcenturywhichinvolvesacensusoftheswanpopulationontheRiverThames,willbeconductedb

2、ytheQueen’sofficialSwanMarkerfromJuly2024.“WiththeassistanceoftheQueen’sSwanWarden,ProfessorChristopherPerrinsoftheUniversityofOxford,theswansandyoungcygnets(小天鹅)arealsoassessedforanysignsofinjuryordisease，”BuckinghamPalacesaidinannouncingthecount.TheprocessinvolvestheSwa

3、nMarker,DavidBarber,rowinguptheThamesforfivedayswiththeSwanWardenintraditionalskiffswhilewearingspecialscarletuniformsandcounting,weighingandmeasuringswansandcygnets.Itmayseemeccentric,butitisveryimportanttotheQueen,Accordingtocustom,Britain’ssovereignownsallunmarked,mutes

4、wansinopenwater,buttheQueennowexercisestherightonlyonstretchesoftheThamesanditsnearbytributaries.Inmedievaltimes,theSwanMarkerwouldnotonlytraveluptherivercountingtheswans,butwouldcatchasmanyaspossibleastheyweresoughtafterforbanquetsandfeasts.Thisyear,theSwanMarkerandtheSw

5、anWardenareparticularlykeentodiscoverhowmuchdamageisbeingcausedtoswansandcygnetsbyattacksfromdogsandfromdiscardedfishingtackle(渔具)．ItisalsoanimportantyearbecauseQueenElizabethhasdecidedtojoinherteamofSwanUppersforpartofthecensus.Shewillfollowthemuptheriverandvisitalocalsch

6、oolprojectonthewholesubjectofswans,cygnetsandtheThames.“EducationandconservationareessentialtotheroleofSwanUppingandtheinvolvementofschoolchildrenisalwaysarewardingexperience，”BuckinghamPalacesaid.【文章大意概括】　泰晤士河上每年都要举行一个重要的活动：数天鹅。英国皇室的这一传统已经延续了好几个世纪。1.Inmedievaltimes，______

7、__.A.swanswerebetterprotectedthannowB.alotofswanswerekilledbydogsC.swanswereadeliciousdishonroyalbanquetsD.commonpeoplecouldcatchtheswans【详解剖析】　细节理解题。从文章倒数第四段可知，在中世纪天鹅被捉住，然后成为皇家宴会上的美味。【最佳选项】　C2．Wecaninferfromthepassagethattheprocessofcountingtheswans________.A.remainsalmos

8、tunchangedinthepastyearsB.involvesalotofroyalmembersC.sometimeslastslongerthanbefore-4-用心